I was under the impression people could be whatever they want to be now? human/mineral/animal/vegetable etc. So why are people up in arms about this? Some people bleach their skin, there is no uproar about that. She can identify as whatever she likes surely? (doesnt means she biologically is)

I saw an online article about this yesterday. The comments underneath were mainly poking fun at the woman and saying how ridiculous she was. Yet we are meant to accept that men can identify as women and if we say no we are bigots?

This particular case looks like a MH issue to me too. People can 'identify' as whatever they want. I played dress up as a child. It didnt make me a real Princess.Of course there are some people who feel they are born in the wrong body, always have been, but in modern times they have more options.The male identifying as women 'trend' for advantage (eg prison rights) is worrying though.

Media hypocrisy, no #brave for her? No labour list of people who disagree and should be sacked? Perhaps she should become a key figure in the African women's fund. No? Anyone get sacked or labelled a bigot for saying she's a white woman with issues?? Didn't thinkt's sad that she's getting lambasted instead of psychological help but this is really not news, her delusions are not decimating women's rights or creating a hostile environment where people are afraid of stating the obvious.

It's interesting because, when I was a child, I spent a lot of time in the school holidays and weekends 'living as a cat'. I would move round the house on all fours mimicking what I saw as the behaviours and movements of cats.

Obviously, I wasn't a full time cat, and I reverted to being a human when it was convenient/necessary/suited me... and I wasn't able/required to fulfill all the functions of being a cat (I've never caught a mouse with my mouth/bare hands)

So I enjoyed all the benefits of being a human, but was able to indulge my desire to be a cat when it suited me. I even gave myself a cat name.

But I desperately wanted to be a cat. And I used to look at 'other cats' and feel a little bit envious that they were recognised by cats and actually able to live as cats all the time.

If I'm honest, I don't see that as being any different to a lot of what I read about trans-gender.

Except that the law didn't require anyone, least of all cats, to recognise me as such.